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george bush tried unsuccessfully. every president has tried and all failed because of the participants. >> what has changed? the settlements continue, but it is no longer number one on president obama's agenda. >> the president has acknowledged the mistake early on, but let's be frank, the relationship has changed. netanyahu embraced, endorsed and basically campaigned for mitt romney, who did not carry florida, which was supposed to be the cornerstone of the campaign strategy. barack obama did get reelected and made a case that the two- state solution was imperative for israel's values, that we do not have people that will be stopped at every checkpoint and cannot move freely in their homeland. making an appeal to jewish values and traditions. i thought it was great. >> it is pushing on an open door. the israelis have offered peace. they offered peace in 1967, at camp david in 2000 and in 2008. the point is not the settlemen s , and that is the reason it is important what obama said. he essentially said it is not the
george bush tried unsuccessfully. every president has tried and all failed because of the participants. >> what has changed? the settlements continue, but it is no longer number one on president obama's agenda. >> the president has acknowledged the mistake early on, but let's be frank, the relationship has changed. netanyahu embraced, endorsed and basically campaigned for mitt romney, who did not carry florida, which was supposed to be the cornerstone of the campaign strategy....
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bush, the strikes were subjected to little congressional review. during my time, the committees didn't do any oversight on drope strikes to speak of. said a former senior cia official. since 2009 it has affapparently gotten better. overall, it has gotten better. and the members of congress who chair the intelligence committees in the senate and the house say frankly they are overseeing the cia just fine, thank you very much. the broader issue is this -- what the cia is doing now, a big part of what they are doing really isn't spying at all. it's just war. i mean, when it is six straight years now of aerial bombardment with a death toll in the thousands, this is not sending johnny to havana to go get castro any more. this is war. but because it is the cia that's doing it instead of the military it's war that is waged secretly with no expectation that our elected officials will even admit that it's happening and there's no expectation that it will be overseen by congress the way that war is overseen by congress. this isn't armed services. this is int
bush, the strikes were subjected to little congressional review. during my time, the committees didn't do any oversight on drope strikes to speak of. said a former senior cia official. since 2009 it has affapparently gotten better. overall, it has gotten better. and the members of congress who chair the intelligence committees in the senate and the house say frankly they are overseeing the cia just fine, thank you very much. the broader issue is this -- what the cia is doing now, a big part of...
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elizabeth bush has benefitted from her famous background she faces a tough fight. they haven't elected a democratic representative since 1981. the special general election will be held on may 11th. >> will we see any gun safety laws in this congress? 19% say yes. 81% say no. coming up, president obama fills out his card for the big dance. does he choose my hoyas? find out who he's picking to win it all. have given way to sleeping. tossing and turning where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta®(eszopiclone) can help you get there. like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. lunesta should not be taken together with alcohol. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions
elizabeth bush has benefitted from her famous background she faces a tough fight. they haven't elected a democratic representative since 1981. the special general election will be held on may 11th. >> will we see any gun safety laws in this congress? 19% say yes. 81% say no. coming up, president obama fills out his card for the big dance. does he choose my hoyas? find out who he's picking to win it all. have given way to sleeping. tossing and turning where sleepless nights yield to...
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remember when i ran for president in 2004, i was controversial at the convention because i attacked bush and everyone said don't do that. chris hayes, thank you for your time tonight and congratulations on your move to 8:00 p.m. >> it's going to be fun. >> and watch "hubris" here on msnbc at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight, followed by "talking hubris" with chris hayes. [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer wetjet, and you'll dump your old mop. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady ♪ who's that lady? [ female announcer ] used mops can grow bacteria. swiffer wetjet starts with a clean pad every time, and its antibacterial cleaner kills bacteria mops can spread around. swiffer gives cleaning a whole new meaning. ♪ lovely lady yeah? then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. silence. are you in good hands? i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [
remember when i ran for president in 2004, i was controversial at the convention because i attacked bush and everyone said don't do that. chris hayes, thank you for your time tonight and congratulations on your move to 8:00 p.m. >> it's going to be fun. >> and watch "hubris" here on msnbc at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight, followed by "talking hubris" with chris hayes. [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer wetjet, and you'll dump your old mop. but don't worry, he'll...
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give bush credit for toughing it out. you can also criticize him for not anticipating the difficulties of that campaign. bottom line, bottom line, let's not do that kind of thing again. and that's the memo. now for the top story. reaction. joining us from washington indicate observe enter shane a republican and kirsten powers. do you have a power with the memo this evening? >> i agree with let's not do it again for sure. i think a lot of what you said is right. i mean, i opposed the war at the time. and i didn't oppose it for partisan reasons. i opposed it because i didn't think that we faced any serious threat from saddam hussein. >> bill: okay. let me stop you there. >> okay. >> bill: your analysis back then 10 years ago was that you, kirsten powers, came to the independent conclusion, devoid of your liberal beliefs or democratic party politics, that this simply wasn't a campaign worth waging. but, let me play you a sound bite from hillary clinton and get your reaction to that go. >> in the four years since the inspecto
give bush credit for toughing it out. you can also criticize him for not anticipating the difficulties of that campaign. bottom line, bottom line, let's not do that kind of thing again. and that's the memo. now for the top story. reaction. joining us from washington indicate observe enter shane a republican and kirsten powers. do you have a power with the memo this evening? >> i agree with let's not do it again for sure. i think a lot of what you said is right. i mean, i opposed the war...
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bush i would. say i'm sorry i hope. that i can be made a buffoon that people. fatalist i would go to the white house on my glass and say. coffee or went on to say that she didn't think it would come to that and guess what she was right now riley as usual was wrong our soldiers were not met by throngs of iraqis who loved america and we certainly didn't find all kinds of bad stuff stuff bad. so the real question here is ten years after being so wrong why hasn't bill o'reilly apologized to groff alone and the american public for misleading us so badly in two thousand and four o'reilly was on a.b.c.'s good morning america and offered a half hearted apology for being so wrong and said that well my analysis is wrong and i'm sorry i was wrong i'm not pleased about it at all we should know reilly get out of his hands and knees and offer a real apology to all of us for being a mouthpiece for the bush administration's deeply misguided mission to invade iraq and why stop there rally shouldn't be the only one apologizing to the american team after all the rally wasn't the
bush i would. say i'm sorry i hope. that i can be made a buffoon that people. fatalist i would go to the white house on my glass and say. coffee or went on to say that she didn't think it would come to that and guess what she was right now riley as usual was wrong our soldiers were not met by throngs of iraqis who loved america and we certainly didn't find all kinds of bad stuff stuff bad. so the real question here is ten years after being so wrong why hasn't bill o'reilly apologized to groff...
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it was unpatriotic four years ago when obama was running for president dirt was unconscionable what bush had done but enough it's fine and we don't have a problem. this democratic budget presented by the house is a joke. the thought of increasing stimulus spending 2.200 billion. solyndra wasn't have no. the -- it is this government's notion that we want to constrain economic growth by continuing to grow the size and scope of the federal government. this would not even balance the budget until something like 2045, and even then wouldn't do it in ten years we would be spending 70% of gdp on public debt. >> neil: i'm going to give the benefit of the doubt to people who can't understand money. money in and my out. that's fine. and we don't have a great spending problem. so, status quo. but we're adding more spending. we're looking at $200 million more among house democrats, $100 million among senate democrats, as if this problem doesn't exist. then we're saying, clearly emboldened by leadership to say, balancing the budget in ten years, it's not the end all be all. >> here's where we might p
it was unpatriotic four years ago when obama was running for president dirt was unconscionable what bush had done but enough it's fine and we don't have a problem. this democratic budget presented by the house is a joke. the thought of increasing stimulus spending 2.200 billion. solyndra wasn't have no. the -- it is this government's notion that we want to constrain economic growth by continuing to grow the size and scope of the federal government. this would not even balance the budget until...
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colonel bush says he's not a little guy and always been physically able to do his job. and colonel bush has been on active duty with the air force for 25 years and took command of the base in grand forks, north dakota in 2011. since he passes the fitness test and not the waistline test should he be relieved of his command? a rule is a rule tell us, we're back in two minutes. [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance a new ride comes along and changes everythi. the powerful gs. get great values on your favorite lexus models during the mmand performance sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. watch this -- alakazam! ♪ [ male announcer ] staples has always made getting office supplies easy. ♪ another laptop? don't ask. disappear! abracadabra! alakazam! [ male announcer ] and now we're making it easier to get everything for your business. and for my greatest trick! enough! [ male announcer ] because whatever you need, we'll have it or find it, and get it to you fast. staples. that was easy. even in stupid loud places. to prove it,
colonel bush says he's not a little guy and always been physically able to do his job. and colonel bush has been on active duty with the air force for 25 years and took command of the base in grand forks, north dakota in 2011. since he passes the fitness test and not the waistline test should he be relieved of his command? a rule is a rule tell us, we're back in two minutes. [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance a new ride comes along and changes everythi. the...
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bush. congratulations to today's winner, peter wesley. u.s. sitt presidents, one george w. bush. congratulations to today's winner, peter wesly, i hope i pronounced it right. in the december of 1998, bill clinton became the first u.s. president to visit the palestinian authority, but it wasn't until ten years later that a u.s. president set foot in ramallah. met with president abbas in january 2008. if you've got a political trivia question, e-mail us at msnbc.com and we'll try to get it up here for you. and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. 14 clubs. that's what they tell us a legal golf bag can hold. and while that leaves a little room for balls and tees, it doesn't leave room for much else. there's no room left for deadlines or conference calls. not a single pocket to hold the stress of the day, or the to-do list of tomorrow. only 14 clubs pick up the right one and drive it right down the middle of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil
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and, you know, it wasn't that president bush just went in and did this on his own. congress had to vote to go in as well. and he had support. like i said, you know, we can never have enough intelligence. so the american people, i don't think, have any alternative but to believe our president. that's why he's been elected. and i certainly hope we never go down this road ever again, because you never want to lose any lives, and there's always an unintended consequences. >> dick cheney has, you know, this new documentary out of him, donna. he said that he regrets nothing. that he would do it again. he would invade iraq again, because saddam hussein was frankly, a terrible person. >> absolutely. but we have a lot of terrible people, all over the world. as we speak right now, in syria, for example, one just passed away in venezuela. we have one in iran. can we solve all our problems by invading sovereign countries? i don't think so. i would hope that we'd learn that we shouldn't just be so happy to go to war before we use all of the other diplomatic and other means at ou
and, you know, it wasn't that president bush just went in and did this on his own. congress had to vote to go in as well. and he had support. like i said, you know, we can never have enough intelligence. so the american people, i don't think, have any alternative but to believe our president. that's why he's been elected. and i certainly hope we never go down this road ever again, because you never want to lose any lives, and there's always an unintended consequences. >> dick cheney has,...
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first from 2007. >> after six years of george bush, it is time to renew the promise of america. our basic bargain that no matter who you are or where you live, if you work hard and play by the rules, you can build a good life for yourself and your family. throughout our history as our nation has become even more dedicated to the protection of liberty and justice for all, more open to the contributions of all of our citizens, it has also become stronger. chris: and to some reporting, if she is running, there is a groove in washington called no limits. it's one organization that has been keeping hillary clinton's millions of supporters in touch building for a potential run. kathleen, here is what you right in the "washington post" this week, "i have asked a half dozen close clinton associates if she is running, they said the same thing, i have no idea. if this is true, hillary clinton doesn't really know, except she does know and her colleagues really do know." explain that. >> i'm working on a story about hillary's legacy as concerns women and children and talking to all of these
first from 2007. >> after six years of george bush, it is time to renew the promise of america. our basic bargain that no matter who you are or where you live, if you work hard and play by the rules, you can build a good life for yourself and your family. throughout our history as our nation has become even more dedicated to the protection of liberty and justice for all, more open to the contributions of all of our citizens, it has also become stronger. chris: and to some reporting, if...
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causing discomfort for president bush. it wasn't the first time whence. the vatican had promised the pope would not bring the topic of stem cell research. the pope ignored that and made a speech on the -p topic ooze the president listened. >> a free and gorgeous network. what is what the church is about to be. congregations have shrunk and churches clothed. but his many questions the the wins what the the the the but o one ever questioned his integrity and demotion. he -pl seemed to walk an ill rule mated arch. it's likely when he died he was the most admired and most loved human being on earth. >>> when we come back, a historic visit to the pope . please. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the new hazelnut macchiato from starbucks. crafted by hand & heart. >>> tonight on a second look, we're remembering some of the historic moments of visits by popes. one of the visits that captured attention was pope john paul ii's visit to germany. >> reporter: for jews everywhere, pope john paul ii's visit to the holocaust memorial did more than anything else to affir
causing discomfort for president bush. it wasn't the first time whence. the vatican had promised the pope would not bring the topic of stem cell research. the pope ignored that and made a speech on the -p topic ooze the president listened. >> a free and gorgeous network. what is what the church is about to be. congregations have shrunk and churches clothed. but his many questions the the wins what the the the the but o one ever questioned his integrity and demotion. he -pl seemed to walk...
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bush. that is the scary thing. we need to help israel establish a second most strategic alliance with egypt. obama does not have the ability. >> sean: jordan may not be far behind and syria is going the muslim brotherhood. >> he was most tossed out president in american-israel relations and before the election and same is true today. he didn't set the reset button on this trip. it was embarrassing and refused to go to the parliament to address the officials. it's self-styled and hand picked group of students and young people and he told them to ignore their elected representatives that somehow risk a verse and their parents who have some sort to overcome the legacy of mistrust. to tell holocaust descendants there is no healthy reason for skepticism is embarrassing and wrong. >> sean: ryan. >> let me give you an idea how little the current administration knows about the muslim brotherhood. they are celebrating the fact that the syrian rebels chose as the interim prime minister as an american
bush. that is the scary thing. we need to help israel establish a second most strategic alliance with egypt. obama does not have the ability. >> sean: jordan may not be far behind and syria is going the muslim brotherhood. >> he was most tossed out president in american-israel relations and before the election and same is true today. he didn't set the reset button on this trip. it was embarrassing and refused to go to the parliament to address the officials. it's self-styled and...
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causing discomfort for president bush. it wasn't the first time whence. the vatican had promised the pope would not bring the topic of stem cell research. the pope ignored that and made a speech on the -p topic ooze the president listened. >> a free and gorgeous network. what is what the church is about to be. congregations have shrunk and churches clothed. but his many questions the the wins what the the the the but o one ever questioned his integrity and demotion. he -pl seemed to walk an ill rule mated arch. it's likely when he died he was the most admired and most loved human being on earth. >>> when we come back, a historic visit to the pope . hazelnut macchiato please. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the new hazelnut macchiato from starbucks. crafted by hand & heart. >>> tonight on a second look, we're remembering some of the historic moments of visits by popes. one of the visits that captured attention was pope john paul ii's visit to germany. >> reporter: for jews everywhere, pope john paul ii's visit to the holocaust memorial d
causing discomfort for president bush. it wasn't the first time whence. the vatican had promised the pope would not bring the topic of stem cell research. the pope ignored that and made a speech on the -p topic ooze the president listened. >> a free and gorgeous network. what is what the church is about to be. congregations have shrunk and churches clothed. but his many questions the the wins what the the the the but o one ever questioned his integrity and demotion. he -pl seemed to walk...
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bush being unpatriotic, the debt was 9 trillion. so something has gone awry, and hope any we don't see a g.o.p. leadership up there in the house, especially, that is starting to take the baby stepped back because we do have this debt ceiling vote coming up soon. we have to stop the spending -- >> neil: you used to work there, and i always think there's a method to all madness, and i think that someone there, within the ranks of the party establish; must be saying, we can't agreg aggressively push this because maybe in and of itself, pushing the idea of immediately attacking the debt and we don't, immediately backfires on us. >> i'll go bark the words of the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mullen who said our debt is the most critical national security crisis of the country. that it is coming from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. i believe everybody else in washington, dc would get onboard. you would not think that something such as that financial matter would have something to do with national security but it
bush being unpatriotic, the debt was 9 trillion. so something has gone awry, and hope any we don't see a g.o.p. leadership up there in the house, especially, that is starting to take the baby stepped back because we do have this debt ceiling vote coming up soon. we have to stop the spending -- >> neil: you used to work there, and i always think there's a method to all madness, and i think that someone there, within the ranks of the party establish; must be saying, we can't agreg...
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the stuff you saw in the report today is going to beg begin -- not completely win the conversation bush but begin the conversation of trying to win these voters that are young, that are not white, that republicans have done poorly with in the past. >> tim, i want to ask you about something. a lot of conservatives, one of the issues they have with today's announcement, is mr. priebus and others in the republican autopsy review board announced that they thought the primary process should be shorter. there should be fewer debates. >> mm-hmm. >> and a lot of conservatives are saying, you're just trying to ram another squish through the general election -- through the primary process. >> yes. >> and not give the candidates room to compete. >> if the report had been one page, and it had said don't nominate a squish, there would still be those accusations from the grassroots of the rnc. someone contractually obligated to cover the debate, i think it's great to reduce the number. we had 23 the last time. and we need six or seven. most of the guys have everything they have had to say. when you h
the stuff you saw in the report today is going to beg begin -- not completely win the conversation bush but begin the conversation of trying to win these voters that are young, that are not white, that republicans have done poorly with in the past. >> tim, i want to ask you about something. a lot of conservatives, one of the issues they have with today's announcement, is mr. priebus and others in the republican autopsy review board announced that they thought the primary process should be...
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we actually had interest payments that were over 3% of gdp under bush one and then they came way down. people said, oh, look at these scary numbers about rising interest payments, they, the scenario we're supposed to be afraid of is the things we go back to the way they were 20 years ago, which doesn't seem all that scary. >> let's look at that. we have a chart with precisely that. you see three lines. this is the net interest payments and this is a fairly modest, modest rate increases. and what you see here is nonentitlement spending. you see how they get, they come down. what i want to ask you, as a liberal, don't you worry that if entitlements continue to go up and nothing is done about it, what is going to happen is, forget about defense, but look at nondefense discretionary spending. this is education. this is, all the kinds of programs that you're passionate about that are naturally and necessarily almost going to get squeezed as entitlement spending becomes larger and larger. >> they're going to get squeezed, again, if we look beyond, if we look past and we look to the year 202
we actually had interest payments that were over 3% of gdp under bush one and then they came way down. people said, oh, look at these scary numbers about rising interest payments, they, the scenario we're supposed to be afraid of is the things we go back to the way they were 20 years ago, which doesn't seem all that scary. >> let's look at that. we have a chart with precisely that. you see three lines. this is the net interest payments and this is a fairly modest, modest rate increases....
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bush. funny thi. lou: the progress toward a more constrained iran has ended in this issue in turninghe other direction. ayollah saying today that they will annihilate the jewish cities. if it comes under attack. >> a country security it can be measured in miles and minutes. while they have a wonderful defense and missile defense system, they have quite a few major missiles. not the ones from southern lebanon, but big warheads, conventional warheads. and only i you need to get through to land to cause tremendous casualties. when people p privately or publicly come and say why aren't they acting. the leader of the country of israel has stepped talk about the repercussions, and that includes large civilian casualties. one should only strike as a measure of last resort and not because other extnal-internal forces are asking him to. lou: and the more bellicose iran becomes, the algorithm for a pre-emptive strike, the nuclear plants ourself evidence. the algorithms are pre-emptive strikes as they become mor
bush. funny thi. lou: the progress toward a more constrained iran has ended in this issue in turninghe other direction. ayollah saying today that they will annihilate the jewish cities. if it comes under attack. >> a country security it can be measured in miles and minutes. while they have a wonderful defense and missile defense system, they have quite a few major missiles. not the ones from southern lebanon, but big warheads, conventional warheads. and only i you need to get through to...
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if it's george bush, if it's the republicans in congress, if it's sequesteration, this is crazy. i mean, when do we start to realize that you cannot blame somebody for everything that goes wrong and take credit for everything that happens that's positive? that's what this administration is doing. neil: but it's a bigger issue here where there's just no appetite to address spending; right? especially when so many, harry reid included, say we don't have a spending problem. how do you argue? sort of like the alcoholic who doesn't admit he's an alcoholic. you're an alcoholic. >> how can we not have a spending problem? neil: i know. by saying we don't, we acknowledge the severity of it, and at the least, you don't do anything about it p on the phone: -- it. >> neil, we have politicians today, that in my opinion, they have to find a way to stop pointing fingers and find solutions. neil: what do republicans do because, denny, they have not been better when boehner says there's not an immediate debt crisis. when you have a trillion dollars more going out than coming in, when you pile up
if it's george bush, if it's the republicans in congress, if it's sequesteration, this is crazy. i mean, when do we start to realize that you cannot blame somebody for everything that goes wrong and take credit for everything that happens that's positive? that's what this administration is doing. neil: but it's a bigger issue here where there's just no appetite to address spending; right? especially when so many, harry reid included, say we don't have a spending problem. how do you argue? sort...
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bush won in 2000, kerry narrowed the margin in 2004. i spent a lot of time there when i was on the presidential campaign in 2004. we saw changes in the rocky mountain west. governor dean intentionally put the convention in denver. we looked at the changing and said there's an opportunity there, because the conservatives in the rocky mountain west are different than the southern conservatives, there are places where we can have common cause and shared values. it also means that as a party we had to show up and make an argument and do the work and actually i think david knows this, a lot of the groups, the grassroots, have been doing the work. there are a lot of things that have to come together for that kind of change to happen. >> let's talk about that. the democrats control the state house and the governorship, david, but if you look at the breakdown, 1.24 million colorado residents are unaffiliated. and then basically it's even, 1.12 million republicans, 1.11 democrats. but you quote the "denver post" publisher dean singleton. he says
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however not even president bush could predict how long or how expensive this war would really be. in washington meghan lopez r.t. . well moments ago senator john mccain spoke at the american enterprise institute about the ten year anniversary here's what he told r.t. about why iraq is in the state it's in today. more you know to me that i'm curious as to what we can expect ten years later i don't really say that's right but all. that sort of transpired yesterday. fortune. united states players such. as. leave they received letters received some strange don't let anybody take. a ten years later hundreds of thousands of lives trillions of dollars spent what is the result of it all earlier i was joined by former alaskan senator mike rowe valen sara flounders co-director of the international action center she's also the author of the book you see right there war without victory i started out by asking senator gravelle was it worth it if it was a criminal act i mean if we adhere to the nuremberg principles united states committed a criminal act we know who the criminals are and for som
however not even president bush could predict how long or how expensive this war would really be. in washington meghan lopez r.t. . well moments ago senator john mccain spoke at the american enterprise institute about the ten year anniversary here's what he told r.t. about why iraq is in the state it's in today. more you know to me that i'm curious as to what we can expect ten years later i don't really say that's right but all. that sort of transpired yesterday. fortune. united states players...
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the biggest the biggest to scrape about this war is the fact that no bush administration official now or ever will be held accountable or brought to justice for the war crime that they committed in iraq and that's the big tragedy here ok douglas when you weigh in ok and anything positive ten years on. absolutely i think that the best summary i've read this week is from leon wieseltier in the new republic who says that the iraq war began wrongly but ended rightly and i think that's where we're at and i'm not recommending that we do anything like this again invading iraq was like drawing to an inside straight in poker or hitting seventeen or eighteen in blackjack just because it works out for you doesn't mean it was a good idea and doesn't mean you should do it again but iraq today is a parliamentary democracy its economy is recovering it has a very serious terrorism problem it has a capacity problem in terms of you know human capital and making its institutions work. but given its history of being under dictatorship having a bloody war with its neighbor then being under ten years of u.
the biggest the biggest to scrape about this war is the fact that no bush administration official now or ever will be held accountable or brought to justice for the war crime that they committed in iraq and that's the big tragedy here ok douglas when you weigh in ok and anything positive ten years on. absolutely i think that the best summary i've read this week is from leon wieseltier in the new republic who says that the iraq war began wrongly but ended rightly and i think that's where we're...
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we can see that during bush's war one iraq. when the deep state the army, military and everyone the prime minister wanted to allow turkish territory to be used for american force to transit into iraq. the parliament wouldn't go along. that's a marker not only the importance of turkey because this is not just a power in the region it's a power at this moment fortunately is a democratic state. >> you make the argument in your book that democracization of the regimes -- >> when and if it happens. >> will completely make unsustainable the current u.s. policy in the region it's pretty indicated on being able to be a strong ally of israel, not have its interest threatened and the only way that's preserved is because of the lack of democratic domestic political pressure. >> you summed it up brilliantly, chris. i think when and if that changes -- it's a huge if and it won't be an easy or brief process. when and if that changes i think incredible tilt toward israel will be unsustainable in teams of our interests. there's a link to israe
we can see that during bush's war one iraq. when the deep state the army, military and everyone the prime minister wanted to allow turkish territory to be used for american force to transit into iraq. the parliament wouldn't go along. that's a marker not only the importance of turkey because this is not just a power in the region it's a power at this moment fortunately is a democratic state. >> you make the argument in your book that democracization of the regimes -- >> when and if...
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ten years after the a war in iraq began the veteran sends a letter to george bush and dick cheney bashing them for the needless war vet is dying in a hospice right now coming up we'll speak with thomas young about his letter that has gone viral. big brother is keeping an eye on you while drones are used most often by the u.s. for warfare overseas more and more police departments here at home are using them to spy on citizens this week lawmakers heard about concerns of this growing practice we'll tell you about that hearing in just a bit. and over five million people have been stopped and frisked by n.y.p.d. police officers and the vast majority of those people were minorities innocent to say the least but thanks to several whistleblowers we are now learning more about this controversial program in the ways that police officers are implementing it will take a look at stop and frisk in just a bit. it's friday march twenty second five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. . well we've spent a lot of time this week taking a critical look at the war in iraq the misco
ten years after the a war in iraq began the veteran sends a letter to george bush and dick cheney bashing them for the needless war vet is dying in a hospice right now coming up we'll speak with thomas young about his letter that has gone viral. big brother is keeping an eye on you while drones are used most often by the u.s. for warfare overseas more and more police departments here at home are using them to spy on citizens this week lawmakers heard about concerns of this growing practice...
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on the bush administration announced the u.s. was invading iraq and mapped out a plan much different than the way the war actually played out the correspondent meghan lopez takes a look at the rhetoric going in versus reality. my fellow citizens at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. a speech that laid the groundwork for years of war and strife the iraq war was described as a necessary war one that would ensure the stability of that region and the world's numerous human sources tell us that iraqis are moving not just documents and hard drives but weapons of mass destruction to keep them from being found by inspectors we know they have weapons of mass destruction we know they have active programs there is there isn't any debate about how. the u.s. promised to unseat a rogue leader find in obtain all weapons of mass destruction and rebuild a broken nation ten years later only one of those promises was kept
on the bush administration announced the u.s. was invading iraq and mapped out a plan much different than the way the war actually played out the correspondent meghan lopez takes a look at the rhetoric going in versus reality. my fellow citizens at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. a speech that laid the groundwork for years of war and strife the iraq war was...
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in the bush years there was a lot of hard hitting stuff opposed to bush, especially after the iraq war went south. then they felt all guilty. they should have done x, y and z in the beginning. they were really tough. i think there really is a difference in how hard hitting the networks are depending on whether there is a conservative or a liberal in office. >> bill: i agree 100%. call them low information voters are becoming the majority in this country because there isn't information out there anymore. >> it's buried on the internet. >> bill: not on the internet. it's all skewed. you know, objective hard-hitting, uncovering things. if you don't know information, much rarer than it used to be. >> do you think the "times" or the post or the globe or 00 "l.a. times" 30 years ago was objective? what you had then was a liberal monopoly on the netted works, on the major papers, on the news magazines, on the colleges and universities. on hollywood. it was they had all called the commanding heights of the culture. the difference is is that now we have a few dissenting independent sources. fox
in the bush years there was a lot of hard hitting stuff opposed to bush, especially after the iraq war went south. then they felt all guilty. they should have done x, y and z in the beginning. they were really tough. i think there really is a difference in how hard hitting the networks are depending on whether there is a conservative or a liberal in office. >> bill: i agree 100%. call them low information voters are becoming the majority in this country because there isn't information out...
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through a process of systematic manipulation of intelligence and outright lies to the american people the bush administration waged a war without the justification of self defense that makes it a war crime under international law. the supreme international crime in the words of the nuremberg tribunal the true cost of the war will never be known although some valiant efforts have been made peer reviewed studies back in two thousand and six put the iraqi death count at six hundred fifty thousand. that's an unimaginable number we have almost five thousand troops dead and we have it when the interest is considered on how much the war will cost because it was but fought with borrowed money it's on the order of six trillion dollars that's more than the g.d.p. g.d.p. of most countries so look the biggest the biggest discovery about this war is the fact that no bush administration official now or ever will be held accountable or brought to justice for the war crime that they committed in iraq and that's the big tragedy here ok douglas when you weigh in ok and anything positive ten years on. absolutely
through a process of systematic manipulation of intelligence and outright lies to the american people the bush administration waged a war without the justification of self defense that makes it a war crime under international law. the supreme international crime in the words of the nuremberg tribunal the true cost of the war will never be known although some valiant efforts have been made peer reviewed studies back in two thousand and six put the iraqi death count at six hundred fifty thousand....
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question why isn't anybody going back to the root of this situation when we got into this with president bush with illegal war. now president obama is bringing the soldiers back and the war is over. where are the funds from that to be utilized back into society and all the oil we got from you is dam hugh sane. why isn't going back to the fact the reason we got into this is what happened with bush and his administration and obama had to pull us out of that. nobody was complaining about hutdown and all these problems that happened. host: we'll leave it there. guest: republicans were hitting deficit spending that the budget that the cr isn't addressing the deficit problem. you put two words on a credit card and didn't pay for them and that's why we have deficit. the war funding is an interesting element. it was a fight between democrats and republicans. democrats cut spending. how they arrived at savings in their bument and republicans said those numbers aren't realistic. host: trnt republicans say thrg have been increases in spending by the obama administration at pushed the debt from five or s
question why isn't anybody going back to the root of this situation when we got into this with president bush with illegal war. now president obama is bringing the soldiers back and the war is over. where are the funds from that to be utilized back into society and all the oil we got from you is dam hugh sane. why isn't going back to the fact the reason we got into this is what happened with bush and his administration and obama had to pull us out of that. nobody was complaining about hutdown...
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bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of iraqis over a million who have died become refugees wounded and of course we can't talk about p.t.s.d. for u.s. soldiers without acknowledging that p.t.s.d. for an entire generation of iraqis is a real reality millions and millions of people whose lives have been destroyed and so people want justice for all of these war criminals and people are fighting to win justice and an organization we are forward is working to help get this justice and also help that's opt out thank you so much mike prize the iraq war veteran and co-founder of march forward. i so guys as you know this week marks the tenth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq but sadly you won't know if you're just watch
bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of iraqis over a million who have died become refugees wounded and of course we can't...
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and, yet, president bush seems to have madethinking, yet president bush seems to have made up his mind some time earlier, probably very early, something we were talking about from the beginning of the bush administration, at the beginning of 2001. >> you were among the team that wrote -- helped write the speech, the 2002 bush state of the union address with this very, very memorable passage. listen. >> this is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the inspectors. this is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world. states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an access of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. >> you say that the speech marked sort of a point of no return as far as the war was concerned. >> i wouldn't say point of no return, but a real milestone. here's what i think in that speech really stands up to the light of history. back when president bush spoke those words in 2002, it was considered quite shocking and bizarre to think there might be cooperation between hamas and iran. back then the conventional
and, yet, president bush seems to have madethinking, yet president bush seems to have made up his mind some time earlier, probably very early, something we were talking about from the beginning of the bush administration, at the beginning of 2001. >> you were among the team that wrote -- helped write the speech, the 2002 bush state of the union address with this very, very memorable passage. listen. >> this is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the...
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you mentioned the seen steady to president bush at least implicitly saw his support for more troops. did you ever hear back from the president? >> guest: let's first talk about the study. i hadn't been on the ground i saw that on may 6 for something. probably one of the best in the country and i took it seriously when a friend showed it to me in the draft and i said it forward as you point out a summary for secretary rumsfeld i wasn't too surprised i didn't hear that i hadn't even been to iraq yet nor did i say we agreed we needed more troops i frankly didn't know. sing reaction with the president. i said there's a study. i'm a diplomat, not a military expert i don't know if it is right or wrong but it's worth looking at. president said we are getting more troops, colin powell at the time was trying to get more troops into the coalition that was his reaction and we didn't find that surprising since i didn't know myself at the time if we needed more troops. >> host: the next time you mentioned raising that issue is may 18th, 2004 as you are getting ready to go out to be a did you not
you mentioned the seen steady to president bush at least implicitly saw his support for more troops. did you ever hear back from the president? >> guest: let's first talk about the study. i hadn't been on the ground i saw that on may 6 for something. probably one of the best in the country and i took it seriously when a friend showed it to me in the draft and i said it forward as you point out a summary for secretary rumsfeld i wasn't too surprised i didn't hear that i hadn't even been to...
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>> president bush soured chalab> pretty early on, and i think-- it wasn't just chalabi. there was a whole collection of -- >> buter everybody thought he ws playing one game, which was for himself. >> that's probably the case. he was very sort of suave individualho ihink told a lot of the america what theyin wanted to hear.ri >> rose: let's go to what happened in terms of the surge and look back over these years. the surge comes. it's recommended. many people are saying-- for george bush-- toay make that decision at that time when most people said it would not work, both inside and outside ofns government was a courageous decision. do you share that? >> it was a courageous decision but it was a belated decision. and what had happened was due to all these mistakes we talkedhe about, first of all, there were sectarian passions in iraq that became unleashed once saddam was gone. and the war between-- the civil war between the sunnis and the shi'a were really soaring out of control. i was in iraq fair lot of that period, and it was a horribled period-- bodies in the street. p
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bush announced the invasion had begun. rick leventhal was along with the u.s. marines who fired the first shot a decade ago. he is live in our new york city newsroom. rick? >> shep, most of our time with the marines early on was in the back of an armored vehicle rolling through the desert sharing the cramped space with sergeant michael timmons. >> i have concord the world. >> timmons captured that flag from iraqi guard post a good natured kid who slept on the floor so we could have the bench seats of the vehicle. he dug fighting holes in the desert and taught us the art of mre's when he wasn't kicking in the door with m 16. he settled in texas where he worked as corrections officer with no special plans to mark this particular anniversary. >> do you look back? do you think about iraq? >> not so much anymore. i kind of look at it just as, you know, just as a part of my past. try not to dwell ton or think about anything. i just live my life as if, you know, it never really even happened. >> timmons says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder but still ser
bush announced the invasion had begun. rick leventhal was along with the u.s. marines who fired the first shot a decade ago. he is live in our new york city newsroom. rick? >> shep, most of our time with the marines early on was in the back of an armored vehicle rolling through the desert sharing the cramped space with sergeant michael timmons. >> i have concord the world. >> timmons captured that flag from iraqi guard post a good natured kid who slept on the floor so we could...
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it did in september 2007, when against the expressed wishes of the bush to ministration, destroy the north korean nuclear reactor. i think that what we're seeing here is the continuing division over the proximity to a what position capability. add the netanyahu made it pretty clear in the press conference today that the uranium enrichment side, which is of long polen anybody stand in a nuclear-weapons program is the point that he is most worried about. lou: point-blank, do you really believe that israel will attack without the support and promised support, active support of the united states military? >> they would prefer. lou: and trying to understand what you're saying here. another would prefer it. i would even go so far as to say it is an existential preference, ey cannot make that decision unilaterally without the military suprt of the united states guaranteed. >> i don't know what the decision is going to be. lou: nor do why, but i'm asking for your view. >> the prospect of a nuclear ron, i think it will preempt. they have done it twice before. >> what makes me so mad, we have
it did in september 2007, when against the expressed wishes of the bush to ministration, destroy the north korean nuclear reactor. i think that what we're seeing here is the continuing division over the proximity to a what position capability. add the netanyahu made it pretty clear in the press conference today that the uranium enrichment side, which is of long polen anybody stand in a nuclear-weapons program is the point that he is most worried about. lou: point-blank, do you really believe...
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offense so this isn't golf you don't get a do over the resolution articles or impeachment of george bush president of the united states. go to consider chat us and sign the impeachment petition the former congressman joined us earlier in our studio as we reflect upon the past decade and i asked him looking back on the past ten years what is on his mind and more than what goes from my mind i can feel this in my heart you know i'm heartsick over the loss of our troops over the deaths of perhaps as many as a million innocent iraqis the destruction of that country the destruction of our own priorities here at home the rising debt borrowing money to wage a war the city has been a nightmare and frankly those who made the decisions to take us there have not yet been held accountable yeah and i want to bring this up yesterday i spoke to former alaska senator mike gravel and here's what he said well our entire institutions the media the congress the white house all failed the american people now i know that you from the very beginning were outspoken about this war and i want to ask should have th
offense so this isn't golf you don't get a do over the resolution articles or impeachment of george bush president of the united states. go to consider chat us and sign the impeachment petition the former congressman joined us earlier in our studio as we reflect upon the past decade and i asked him looking back on the past ten years what is on his mind and more than what goes from my mind i can feel this in my heart you know i'm heartsick over the loss of our troops over the deaths of perhaps...
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bush, mr. cheney, anyone who served in war would've known right off the bat or should have known these guys never served in war and we got the outcome that we did. host: you served in the first gulf war? correct. caller: there were two different strategies. the first, the iraqi invasion of kuwait. a country about the size of new jersey. over 700,000 troops to kick them out of the country. 500,000 of those troops were coalition troops. you are talking a whole different ballgame when you are talking about removing an army from a country as opposed to invading and occupying. those are two different kettles of fish. host: veteran from ohio. brenda in memphis, tennessee. i make aes, may comment first? . am a former u.s. marine i was a staff sergeant during the vietnam era. i want to say this much. they are talking about us going when our country is struggling. they want to cut support on social security. if you look at the ryan budget, it is a budget that is totally on steroids against the poor. i d
bush, mr. cheney, anyone who served in war would've known right off the bat or should have known these guys never served in war and we got the outcome that we did. host: you served in the first gulf war? correct. caller: there were two different strategies. the first, the iraqi invasion of kuwait. a country about the size of new jersey. over 700,000 troops to kick them out of the country. 500,000 of those troops were coalition troops. you are talking a whole different ballgame when you are...
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bush, the credit card bill has arrived in your mailbox. it's called austerity. last decade, we had two wars off the books while cutting taxes for the wealthy. there are ways to fix our deficit, but don't hurt the poor and middle class a carbon tax creating capital gains and income. apparently we don't really hate
bush, the credit card bill has arrived in your mailbox. it's called austerity. last decade, we had two wars off the books while cutting taxes for the wealthy. there are ways to fix our deficit, but don't hurt the poor and middle class a carbon tax creating capital gains and income. apparently we don't really hate